One of my favorite types of establishments here in America is a bar that cashes checks. If you really want to get a sense of how some people radically different than you live their lives, spend some time at the counter after the construction sites close for the day and people stumble in with their day's pay.

I nodded along whole-heartedly into the digression on banking and class in America. When you actually think about what's going on in these places, it's a wonderfully curious twist on our idea of "trustworthiness".